May 23, 2019
The race for Santa Clara County Supervisor just got a little more competitive. Rose Herrera, former San Jose Vice Mayor, has pulled papers to run for Supervisor. Herrera, the latest candidate to join the race, enters a crowded field of political veterans, including San Jose Council Member Magdalena Carrasco, San Jose Planning Commissioner John Leyba and former Sunnyvale Mayor Otto…
May 22, 2019
Milpitas Mayor Rich Tran is withdrawing his candidacy for Santa Clara County Supervisor and jumping into the race for State Assembly District 25 – looking to replace Kansen Chu who is running for Supervisor. Tran’s announcement came via an early morning Facebook post in which he stated that he did not want to campaign against Kansen, someone he considers a…
May 21, 2019
Last Friday, the Santa Clara County Democratic Party held its annual Victory Dinner, and as expected the event was a who’s who of Silicon Valley Democrats. This year, Rusty Hicks and Kimberly Ellis, candidates for California Democratic Party Chair also attended the dinner, taking the opportunity to network with potential supporters. While local Democratic Party leaders tried to raise some…
May 20, 2019
Santa Clara County Approving $400K contract with Gensler for public outreach & site plan for potential future re-development of Reid-Hillview At the December 4, 2018 Board of Supervisors meeting the Board adopted several actions related to the County Airports System. Item number four of the referral directed administration to invite the City of San Jose to engage in a joint…
May 13, 2019
Santa Clara County Update on development agreement negotiations with Stanford University; County has suspended negotiations due to problems with Stanford’s commitments to PAUSD Pursuant to Board of Supervisors direction at the October 16, 2018 (Item No. 9) meeting at which the Board directed the Administration to enter into a negotiation process with Stanford University on a possible development agreement relating…
May 10, 2019
Yesterday’s surprising announcement that Assembly Member Kansen Chu will make a play for Supervisor Dave Cortese’s open seat instead of seeking re-election has left folks wondering who will step up to be the next Assembly Member. Anna Song, the most seasoned member of the Santa Clara County Office of Education, is rumored to be interested. Song, with years of experience…
May 9, 2019
The race to replace termed-out Council Member Johnny Khamis is getting a little more crowded. Jenny Higgins Bradanini, President of the Bay Area Women’s March, was the first to announce her campaign in March of this year. Most recently Higgins Bradanini served as former Council Member Rocha’s policy director and previously worked on a number of local candidate campaigns. Rumored to be throwing…
May 8, 2019
Yesterday, the Milpitas City Council rejected both rent control and an emergency just cause eviction ordinance. Council Members Anthony Phan, Carmen Montano and Bob Nuñez voted against asking staff to draft rent control and just cause eviction policies for the city, while Mayor Rich Tran and Vice Mayor Karina Dominguez supported moving forward with the tenant protections. The rent control…
May 7, 2019
Santa Clara County Direction on Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking, incl. Chavez rec for $5M funding to address gender-based violence On April 15, the County’s Children, Seniors, and Families Committee (CSFC) and City of San José’s Public Safety, Finance, and Strategic Support Committee (PSFSSC) convened a joint Special Hearing on Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking to…
Apr 29, 2019
City of San Jose REPLACEMENT MEMO 4/29 – 4 affordable housing exemption programs will lead to $138M+ in public subsidies for developers REPLACEMENT MEMO 4/26 – The “replacement memo” reflects changes to Attachment E, which lists projects that have not completed the exemption process or are no longer eligible for an exemption. Among the projects listed is Google. Within Attachment…